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, BALE TIE. No. 302,243. I PatentedJuly 22, 1884.

@ IVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LEMUEL E. EVANS, OF EASTORANGE, NEW'JERSEY, ASSIGNOR To CHARLES e. PATTERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,243, dated July 22,1884.

' Application filed April 10, 1884. (No model.)

' To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEMUEL E. E ANS, ofEast Orange, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bale-Ties, of which the following is a Specifi cation. I

The invention relates to a means of scouring bands of wire used forconfining bales of cotton, hay, and analogous material; and it consistsin providing the hook at one end of the band with two braces orsupports, one of which rests upon the opposite wire, and the otherenters the eye which engages with the hook, the principle being tosupport the hook and prevent its straightening under strain, first, bythejamming of one of the braces between the parts of the eye as thelatter tends to elongate; and, second, by the bearing of the other braceupon the opposite part" of the band.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a side view of my improvedbale-tie, and Fig.

2 is a view of the Same from above.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A and B represent the ends of the wire band. In the end. A, I 'form aloop or eye, 0, by twisting, as shown. In the end B, 1 form another loopor eye longer than the loop 0 in H is flattened and forms a brace.

two parts of the tie are engaged, as shown in the end' A. The parts ofthe loop in the end B are brought together side by side, and, the loopis then bent four times, to form the hook D and bights E and F and G.The extremity hen the the drawings, the loop 0 is received in the hookD, the bight F enters the loop 0, and the brace H rests upon the upperSide of the wire due to the binding of the end H upon the wire A. Theparts H and F thus act as braces to re-enforce the hook. Theconsequenoeis, as I find by practical experiment, that the hook D will notstraighten, and that the greater the strain that is applied the morefirmly do the parts of the tie bind and jam together.

I claim as my invention 1. A wire bale band or strap having in each ofits ends aloop or eye, one eye having its parts brought together andbent to form a hook, a downwardly-projecting bight, and an inclinedbrace, the said parts being adapted to engage in and with the loop onthe opposite end of the band, substantially as described.

2. In ajoale-tie, a loop or eye at one end of the band, and a hook atthe opposite end,

adapted to receive said eye, the said hook be-.

ing provided with a projecting arm adapted to enter and pass throughsaid eye, and an inclined brace adapted to rest upon the opposite end ofthe band immediately in rear of said eye, when the parts of the tie areengaged, substantially asdescribed. 3. In a bale-tie, a loop or eye atone end of the band, and a hook at the opposite end, the said hook beingprovided with two braces, one resting upon the opposite wire, and theother passing through the eye, and adapted to be jammed between theparts thereof when the eye is extended under strain, when the parts otthe tie are engaged, substantially as described.

4. In a bale-tie, the combination of the wire A, having a loopfG, at itsextremity, and the wire B, having at its end a loop longer than the loop0, the parts of said, last-mentioned loop being brought together andbent to form a hook, D, bi ghts E and F and G, and. flattened extremityH, substantially as described.

E. F. ToURTELLoT, WV. A. FRENCH.

